Mar 19, 2006

Is the U.S. Constitution a compact with fixed meaning, or is it "a living document" whose meanings any 5-4 Supreme Court majority can change according to whims?

And what about any other documents? Are they "living," too?

Pro-abortion U.S. Supreme Court "Injustice" Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ex-general counsel for the ACLU, aka the Anti-Christian Lawsuits Unit, addessed the Constitutional Court of South Africa on February 7, 2006, and delivered some really sinister opinions. (Click on this post's title to see her speech.) Ms. Ginsburg:

...ripped "the view of the U.S. Constitution as a document essentially frozen in time as of the date of its ratification."

...said U.S. courts need to "read the [U.S.] Constitution as belonging to a global 21st century, not as fixed forever by 18th-century understandings."

...argued that U.S. courts should impose "dynamic versus static, frozen-in-time constitutional interpretation" on the American people.

Ms. Ginsburg bragged that the U.S. Supreme Court made new interpretations and cited foreign law in "Lawrence v. Texas" (2003), the 5-4 ruling that overturned state laws against sodomy. She quoted it: "...times can blind us to certain truths and later generations can see that laws once thought necessary and proper in fact serve only to oppress. As the Constitution endures, persons in every generation can invoke its principles in their own search for greater freedom."

Have you ever noticed that calling the Constitution "a living document" is a lot like invoking "the spirit of Vatican II?" Finding "rights" to abort babies and to commit sodomy in the U.S. Constitution, even though they are NOT THERE, is much like "finding" all kinds of things in the documents of Vatican II that are NOT THERE.

In other words, ex-general counsels of the ACLU and current dissenters from the Faith are alike: They invent invisible permissions for the sins they want to commit and for the twisted versions of governing they want to impose on the rest of us.

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Alice said...

"times can blind us to certain truths and later generations can see that laws once thought necessary and proper in fact serve only to oppress...persons in every generation can invoke its principles in their own search for greater freedom."

I read a french author (1800) that our concept of freedom is flawed - we are not at all free to act against Gods moral laws without impunity. That the moral law is for the Church to determine and society's duty to enforce with force if necessary, otherwise those who take these unlawful liberties will not rest until they have enslaved all.

Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, chose to be born ofthe immaculate flesh of the Blessed Virgin Mary. God from God, theeternal Word begotten of the Father before all ages, Jesus took onthe burden of mortality, dwelling in the flesh as a man among men. The Second Person of the Most Holy Trinity deigned in perfecthumility to be received in the womb of His glorious Mother, whoobediently cooperated in the divine plan of salvation at themessage of the angel Gabriel. God’s Holy Spirit overshadowed theVirgin, Christ was conceived, and the Word became man. Hisdwelling place among us was Nazareth, the home of a descendant ofDavid, the chaste spouse of the Mother of God, Joseph.

Jesus learned from Joseph to work honestly, to hearkento God in silence, and to rejoice in God’s bounty in the midst ofmaterial poverty. The hands that lifted a dead girl from sleep,whose touch gave sight to the blind, whose strength cleansed HisFather’s House of thieves, sought never to create wealth or toindulge in frivolous comforts or to assert the desires of the fleshover the will of God. Joseph instilled in Jesus an awareness thatsufficiency is a greater bounty than plenty, that God is heard bestwhen all else is silent, that the craft of man imitating God’s actof creation builds an edifice not of perishable matter but ofimperishable spirit.

Jesus was mistaken for “the carpenter’s son”. Thepeople around Him are to be excused if in looking on Jesus theyrecognized in Him more of His foster-father than of God the Father. In merely natural terms it is likely that His physical mannerismsresembled the man responsible for teaching Him what it means to bea child of God. We hear His Mother’s influence in Gethsemani whenHe submitted to the will of God: “Not my will, Father, but yourwill be done!” (cf. Luke 1:38). We “hear” Joseph echoed in thesilence of Christ before Pilate (cf. John 19:9).

But, of course, in all things Jesus came only to do thewill of Him who sent Him. Jesus had work to do: to enkindle aflame upon the earth, to preach the Good News to the lost sheep ofIsrael, to give sight to the blind, to overcome the world, to laydown His life for His friends. Joseph’s work ethic provesinvaluable in accomplishing God’s plan of salvation.

From the very first, both the Blessed Virgin and St.Joseph sought to obey God. They submitted to Him the first-fruitsof their loving obedience as prescribed in the law. It was theirconstant care to raise Jesus to be a man of righteousness andholiness.

Modernity needs to learn from the example of St. Josephin imitation of the humble willingness of our Lord. The work ofthe hands of St. Joseph was directed by his knowledge that theyserved the greater purpose of performing the work of faith. He didnot labor as a carpenter for its own sake, but for the sake of hiswife, his Child, and his obedience to God.

Jesus spoke and did those things which gave glory, notto Himself, but to His Father. Both Jesus and Joseph knew that thedignity of work comes not from the raw act of labor, but from theend to which it is directed. Work meant merely for monetary oregoistic gain is impoverishing and demeaning to the laborer. Workdone at the direction of God and for His glory alone bears fruitthat nourishes the laborer in this life and unto eternal Life.

Faith makes it possible for man to order his prioritiesproperly. By faith man knows that his ultimate end is union withGod; by reason man knows that all natural activities must then beplaced at the service of this supernatural goal. By love isaccomplished the task of submitting what reason teaches to thedirection of what faith promises in the confident hope that Godwill perfect the work He has begun in man and in which man iscalled to cooperate.

It is impossible to describe the scandal and shame inwhich the faithlessness of modern society now wallows. Lackingfaith man has disordered his world such that work is no longerplaced in the service of a greater end, but is become an end initself. The family, once the beneficiary of work, has become theprime victim of employment. Where once rest was considered theappropriate reward for ample work well done, leisure is nowconfused with sloth. Once play was the province of children inneighborhoods, but now it is hyper-organized by adults enrollingchildren in leagues for athletic activities requiring hundreds ofdollars’ worth of fees and equipment, long hours practicing, andtravel between cities and across states.

Far from enfleshing the words of Isaiah repeated byChrist proclaiming liberty to slaves, the modern approach to workdoes not embolden the freedom of the children of God, but resultsin invisible chains and monstrous burdens. The arena where thefaithful are permitted to exercise devotion to God is shrinking. The social stigma attached to seeking treasure that does not rustor rot is becoming harsher. The fruit borne of labor withoutreference to God is wicked, violent, and deadly. And rest, peace,and silence are being banished from the face of the earth.

Jesus tells us that we can not serve both God andmammon. That He chose to be born in poverty in the house of thesimple worker Joseph, tells us that God places a premium on workdone by those satisfied with a minimum of worldly wealth andreceptive of the bountiful grace of Christ. That so many of uswould be hard pressed to describe our jobs as being in harmony withserving God alone tells us whom we actually serve.

Modern economics, modern employment, and modern desiresdo not include a place for God. St. Joseph gives us an example ofwhat happens when God receives pride of place in the human heart:“If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will lovehim, and we will come to him, and will make our abode with him”(John 14:23). In the hearts of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St.Joseph, Jesus found great love. In the home of Nazareth theFather’s will was obeyed by all; the Son was the center of the lifethey shared; and the Holy Spirit filled their hearts with a passionfor prayer, the willingness to sacrifice, and the power to live aschildren of God – on earth, laboring in the Lord’s vineyard, and inHeaven, resting forever in the bosom of the Father.

Jesus comes to dwell with us, Body-Blood-Soul-Divinity,in the Mass. Of His fullness, grace upon grace, we are privilegedto receive. We are called to set aside even that work which doesnot interfere with God’s will in order to obey His Son’s command toeat His Body and to drink His Blood, that we might have abundantlife. At Mass we have a momentary foretaste of that Life withChrist no longer obscured by the trammels of mortal life. At Masswe can see – and taste – the fruit of the work of God’s salvationin us. No longer do we eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge andreceive death. We eat of the fruit of the Tree of Life – JesusCrucified – and receive knowledge of God!

St. Joseph the worker reminds us to honor honest work. More than that, however, he illustrates that the laborer is to bevalued more than his labor. Still more, St. Joseph guides us tothe realization that Christ is the focus of all our efforts onearth. In Christ we are given a Mediator by Whom God the Father isoffered the work of our hands, the love of our hearts, and thewhole of our lives. Jesus Christ takes away the sins of the worldthat those who believe in Him and in His Cross can find a dwellingplace in His Father’s House – as He dwells among us so shall wedwell with Him, now and forever.

Father Smith

Jesus Christ, Prince of Peace Parish

Clinton, Iowa

His Brother’s Keeper

We are so blest to share our Mother's lovewithin the bosom of the home she makesin imitation of the one abovewhere e'er to be my heart like Thine sore aches.Thy face has taught to mine our Father's mienwith which He looks upon our growing goodand is well pleased that I through You have seenwhat none but angels yet have understood.My little Brother, sleep this sweet night throughbeneath the stars in peaceful dreams, securethat I will suffer naught to come near Youexcept what God deems righteous, just, and pure. At Christmas Mary bore her firstborn Son while Joseph thus became her second one.

Pieta

Her face far more than His, far more, is pale,

for ‘tho’ His heart is still, still hers must beat;

she holds His hands, once mighty now grown frail,

and ponders vict’ry’s cost of true defeat.

There dries a line of blood around His head

where thorns had traced what evil called a crown

when bad men, madmen, howled that God be dead,

that black be white, that high be battered down.

I see this sight from distance past the years

beholding that which sin nor dying harms:

it is the sound of Infant’s happy tears

to be held safe in Mother Mary’s arms.

Thus I of Joseph beg a holy death

to take near her like Jesus my last breath.

Father Smith.

26 August 2004

Pope St. Zephyrinus

Vinyamar, Tustin, California

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Interestingly, the notion of the Constitution as a "living document" would logically turn on those such as Justice Ginsburg. For that means that we should not be so enamored of defending judicial precedent, as those precedents are decisions marred by the proper thinking of the times in which they were made. We are now more than 30 years away from Roe v. Wade, and the world is a different place. Let's not lock ourselves into the late-20th-century mentality when it comes to abortion.

Justice Scalia answers this notion that the constitution is a legal document, or a legal contract. If one remembers our history and civics all laws are signed into extistance binding those who it represents.I heard a comment by the president of Human Life International who says most people are resonable when trying to come together on life issues, unless you hit an agenda.If it is a living document then ones agenda would be the consideration to what it means.

ANOTHER SAGA IN THE CONTINUING DISGRACE OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS REFUSAL TO EXPEL PRO-ABORTION POLITICIANS FROM THEIR ORDER

I have frequently written about the scandal of the Knights of Columbus leadership protecting their pro-abortion influential members including politicians.

This abysmal failure on the part of the national and state leadership has now developed to such a point that it should explode with rank and file members demanding that these apostates be so expelled.

In the state of Massachusetts, the leader of the State Senate is Robert Travaglini. Senator Travaglini has made it abundantly clear that not only is he pro-abortion and pro-sodomite, but that he will oppose any and all measures to exempt the Catholic Charities Adoption Agency from the totally un-constitutional state law that requires them to allow sodomites to obtain adoptions from that agency.

Don’t take my word for it, you can go to Tavaglini’s Website and see that he proudly proclaims on that website that he is a member of the Knights of Columbus Council 2963.

WHEN ARE THE RANK AND FILE KNIGHTS GOING TO RISE UP AND DEMAND THAT THESE APOSTATES BE EXPELLED? THEIR CONSTITUTION REQUIRES IT, BUT THEIR SO CALLED LEADERSHIP WON’T ALLOW IT!

ATTENTION, remember there are just 12 days left until the annual invasion of the hetereodox, the Archdiocese of Lost Angels Religious Anti-Catholic Education Congress at the Anaheim Convention Center.

Will you be there to prayerfully demonstrate against this attack on our Faith?

Some chapters of the K of C are about comaradery (SP?) and socializing- the steak dinners and fish fry's, the annual fiesta booth. The one I am familiar with raises money and make donations. Not one of the parish clergy has ever attended any of the meetings. They really dont get much spiritual direction other then the recommended annual retreat. The members are family men but really are not zealous or have any type of missionary spirit-it's a closed social unit- new members need not apply.

Ginsberg says laws once thought necessary really oppress but in fact it is the relaxation of the laws enforcing moral order that has led to an increase of oppression.

Example, the situation unfolding back east re: the gay adoptions by Catholic Charities. Those who practised their freedom to the detriment of society now are forcefully imposing their impurity upon all-to the degree that the Catholic Charities cannot place any children in homes unless they enslave themselves under impurity. They (liberals) are having their day as the oppressors today.

April 1st is April Fools Day, and it is the day that “Concerned Roman Catholics of America, Inc.” will be picketing the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Religious Education Congress (I prefer to call it the “Anti-Catholic Religious Education Congress!”.

We will be conducting our prayerful protest demonstration in front of the two main Exhibit Hall entrances from 9:00 AM until roughly 6:00 PM.

We are now in the process of preparing poster signs for this, and very much would appreciate suggestions as to what the themes of these posters should be.

Please email me at: crcoa@dslextreme.com or call me at: 714-491-2284 with any ideas on this you may have.

Remember there are just 12 days left until the annual invasion of the hetereodox, the Archdiocese of Lost Angels Religious Anti-Catholic Education Congress at the Anaheim Convention Center.

Will you be there to prayerfully demonstrate against this attack on our Faith?

If you really want to get to the source of all of these errors, come and join CRCOA at the upcoming, April 1st prayerful demonstration at the Archdiocese of Los Angeles's Religious Education Congress(the Archdocese of Lost Angels Anti-Catholic Religious Education Congress)!

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